[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-839]
[[Page 2467]]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[I.D. 010699C]
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce
ACTION: Public hearings; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene
four public hearings on Draft Amendment 14 to the Pacific Coast Salmon
Plan and its draft supplemental environmental impact statement (draft
SEIS).
DATES: Written comments will be accepted at the Council office until
March 3, 1999. The hearings will be held from February 1-3, 1999. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
California. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for locations of the hearings
and special accommodations.
Comments should be sent to Mr. Lawrence D. Six, Executive Director,
Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224,
Portland, OR 97201; telephone (503) 326-6352. Written comments received
at the Council office by Thursday, February 18, 1999, will be copied
and distributed to the Council approximately 1 week before final
consideration of the Amendment. Copies of the draft amendment and the
appendices are available from the Council office.
Comments may also be provided during the Council meeting, March 8-
12, 1999, at the Doubletree Hotel-Columbia River, 1401 North Hayden
Island Drive, Portland, OR.
The hearings will be held in California, Washington, Oregon, and
Idaho. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for locations of the hearings and
special accommodations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence D. Six, Executive Director,
Pacific Fishery Management Council, at (503) 326-6352.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council is convening four public
hearings to discuss Draft Amendment 14 to the salmon fishery management
plan (FMP) under the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act. Draft Amendment 14 and its
accompanying draft SEIS would comprehensively update the salmon FMP.
The changes are necessary to make the FMP responsive to the Sustainable
Fisheries Act (SFA) of 1996, to reflect increased listings of salmon
stocks under the Endangered Species Act, and to include issues
identified in amendment scoping sessions. The draft amendment includes
a complete updating of the fishery description and identification of
what the salmon FMP covers. To be consistent with the SFA, draft
Amendment 14 redefines optimum yield, provides new criteria to prevent
or end overfishing, describes and defines essential fish habitat, and
establishes salmon bycatch reporting specifications. In response to
harvest allocation issues, the draft amendment modifies the FMP section
on non-Indian harvest allocations north of Cape Falcon, Oregon to (1)
allow more flexibility in implementing selective fisheries that target
on hatchery fish and (2) formally recognize a recreational allocation
for the La Push port area which has been essentially implemented for
several years during the preseason management process. The draft
amendment also contains many other editorial changes to help clarify
the FMP.
Dates, Times, and Locations
Monday, February 1, 1999, 7:00 p.m., Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife, Natural Resources Building, Room 172, 1111 Washington
Street NE, Olympia, WA.
Tuesday, February 2, 1999, 7:00 p.m., Red Lion Hotel, South Umpqua
Room, 1313 North Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay, OR.
Tuesday, February 2, 1999, 7:00 p.m., Idaho Department of Fish and
Game, Commission Room, 600 South Walnut Street, Boise, ID.
Wednesday, February 3, 1999, 7:00 p.m., California Department of
Fish and Game, First Floor Auditorium, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento,
CA.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to John Rhoton at (503) 326-352 at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 8, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-839 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am]
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